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Stable to February the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa
the containerized trade records a bending after 21 consecutive months of increase
April 2, 2013
Last February the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Genoa has recorded an light increment regarding the same month of the 2012 graces to an sensitive rise of the mineral oil volume that has compensated the emphasized totaled decrease of traffic in the other containerized merceologici sections included that of the goods that, for the first time after 21 consecutive months of increase (period that salt very 37 months excluding the -0,5% recorded in April 2011), has closed the month of February 2013 with a sign less.
Last February the genoese port has enlivened a total of beyond 3,8 million tons of goods, with a progression of 0.9% on February 2012. The goods several is piled altogether almost 2,2 million tons (- 6.1%), of which 1,6 million containerized tons of goods (- 6.6%) with a handling of containers pairs to 155.969 teu (- 6.4%) and 603 thousand conventional tons of goods (- 4.9%).
The traffic of the bulk sand banks is diminished of 44.1% to 48 thousand tons to which tons of iron worker join to 165 thousand enlivened in industrial section (- 43.3%). The traffic of mineral oils has attested to 1,3 million tons (+39.6%) and that of the other liquid bulk to 54 thousand tons (- 25.4%), of which 20 thousand tons of oils vegetables and wine (- 44.1%) and 33 thousand tons of chemicals (- 6.1%).
Decided contraction also in the branch of the bunker and edge supplies, that it has totaled 76 thousand tons (- 14.5%).
In the field of the passengers the traffic has been of 69 thousand unit, with a bending of 5.5% on February 2012. The crocieristi have been 32 thousand (- 7.7%) and the passengers of the ferries 37 thousand (- 3.5%).
In the first period of two months of the 2013 port of Genoa it has enlivened altogether 7,8 million tons of goods, with a decrease of 4.6% on the correspondent period last year. The passengers have totaled 170 thousand unit (- 9.2%).
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